Toy money-box



(No Model.

W. s. REED. TOY MONEY BOX.

No. 289,140. Patented Nov. 27, 1883.

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, cation, in whicha that one end rests under and closes the coindescribe the manner in which I have carried I UNITED STATES PATENT GEFIC WILLIAM S. REED, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY MONEY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,140, dated November 2'7, 1883.

Application filed April To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM S. REED, of Leominster, in the county ot'rlvorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Toy Money-Boxesbf which scription, reference being had to the acco1n-, panying drawings, making part of this specifi- Figure I is an elevation of a money-receptacle mounted on wheels and constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section representing a slight modification to be applied to a money-receptacle without wheels.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to it out.

In the said drawings, A represents a receptacle provided with a passage, c, for the entrance of the coin b, and a hollow figure, B, having a pivoted arm, 0, which isheld up, in Fig. 1, by the pressure of a spiral spring, at, the lower end ofsaid spring resting on a floor, 'e.

Ois a lever so balanced on its fulcrum h passage (1., the other end of the lever being slightly weighted, so as to retain it in this position until tipped (Figs. 1 and 2) by the weight of a coin, b. The pivoted arm 0 carries a bundle of sticks, z, and in Fig. l is shown as connected by a long rod, k, with the crank Z of an axle, the receptacle in this figure being mou'nted on wheels D, the revolution of which brings the arm 0 and sticks t down when the crankis on its descent.

Fig. 1 represents the construction where the .31, 1863. (No model.)

connecting the pivoted arm 0 with the lever O, 40

which is intended to be tipped, as shown, by the weight of the entering coin I). Should the weight of the coin not be sufficient to depress the end of the lever thereunder, it may be tipped by pulling up on thelooped end it, which 4 5 D may be omitted, without departing from my invention.

I claim- 1'. In a toy money-box, a receptacle, A, in the form of a shoe, with its coin-passage a,

in combination with the hollow figure, B, of an old woman, having the arm 0 pivoted to the body, a weighted or spring-actuated lever, O, and a rod, 'm, for connecting the arm of the figure with the lever, the several parts being constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.

2. The receptacle A, with its passage a, and hollow figure B, with its pivote'd arm 0 and hand grasping the stick or sticks, the receptacle being mounted on wheels, in combination with a weighted or spring-actuated lever, G, and a rod, k, for connecting the arm 0 with the crank Z of one of the wheels, as specified.

-Witness my hand this 6th day of April, 1883.

YVILLIAMI S. REED.

In presence of- O. M. REED, N. V. STEARNS. 

